Palestinian Economic Bulletin

Issue 124 - January, 2017

In Q3 2016, the stock of investments of Palestinian residents outside Palestine exceeded investments in Palestine by non-residents by $1,275m.

On 10 December 2016, The Prime Minister’s Office, in cooperation with the National Population Committee and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), released the “Palestine 2030 – Demographic Change: Opportunities for Development” report, which provides demographic projections up to 2050

On 29 December 2016, the Palestinian Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced that all renewable energy equipment will be exempt from customs duties starting 1 January 2017

On 29 December 2016, a shipment of Jordanian vegetables entered directly to the Palestinian market without the mediation of Israel for the first time

In December, the Al-Quds index increased by 1.43% from the previous month, reaching 530.16 points on the last day of trading in 2016